Signal device



Nox 3, 1931. J. R. BROOKS 1,829,730

S IGNAL DEVICE Filed Dec. 17, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [1% 711' J 51/677757 42 5 \fo/z/vfc? 57 0065 Ndv. 3, 1931. .1. R. BROOKS S IGNAL DEVICE Filed Dec. 17, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 p t Patented" Nov. 3,

H zronnngnnooxs or mcnmonn, VIRGINIA SIGNAL nn vron np'gncafibn m ne-aha; 17,1 93o. Serial Nol'502,936..

. I ,i This invention relates V to railway 3 trains,

v 'and'mor'e particularly to signal devlcestherefor. T he principal. obj ect of the invention is theprovision of a new and improvedsig- 'L f Bil all device for railway train's, together with r'novelf means formounting-the same thereon.

i Y Anotherj object of'the invention is the prow vision of anew and improved signal flag for Qrailway trains and the likemhaving' novel ftlfl means for supporting the same" so that the will be visible from' the frontor rea'rof g the train as 'well' as from the sidesthereof.

I A'further object oftheinventionisthe provision of a new' and improved signalflag lefarrangem'ent for railway trailly together I with-novel means for mountingand housing I "the flag, whereby the same'is' properly -5 cated on thetraingandready at all 'timesito I be moved into operative or inoperativeposlna es occasion may require.

1 stilllfurther ob' ect of fthezinvetion is new and improved signal" -,-.device that is inexpensive L to; manufacture,

V th'e provision of a l that.may:beireadilyiattached to the train '2 without making anyachanges in the conventional equipment, that isefiicient in operation,

' and-that maybe installed atfa minimum of t labor and expense. Y v- :Othen'andfurtherobjectsand advantages f 1- of theinvention will appearlfrom the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which gFig. lfis a top plan viewofa locomotive showing the same more or lessdiag'rammati cally and showing the inventionin' posit on I vfthereonij: 1.

1Fig.2 is-a:t0p planxviewijof bracketfor supporting the device,' showing the invention'in positiohthereony j f p 0 F'g. 3' "s a front ;elevation ;of the same,

lation; I I

' showing the invention in its operative posi- .v elevationfor iv ":the classification flag-,-Isjhowing;th l tt i p t e p i on, and: withjparts broken faway'; 1 r

asectiononlineof i 7.; G is a perspective view 'of the ou'ter- ,or

m rfreeledge of the-casing, with parts broken i tiew ye A U1;

Fig/I is section on line 7- 7 of Fig. 5.

It is thetcommon practice to provide trains "with signal devices,

such as classification flags, for signaling from movingtrains certain information to the employes along the 1 road. "For instance, when'the train is run in sections, the engine of each section usually carries what is called a classification flag, in the daytime, and at night a lamp, of aparticular color indicating such fact, andithe last.

section willcarrya flag or lamp of a still ift'erent color for indicating to the switch or less objectionable b men and'engine'ers on the siding that it is the 'last'se'c'tion' ofthe'train;l Thes'e flags are usually madeof cloth;but-such si-gnals'are more ecause when the train is in moiion they are scarcely visible from the front or rear, and when the train is running at =highsp'eed the employeson a train on a to notethe'signal.

siding have but ,a few moments within which The present 'invention' seeks to remedy thesedefects by'the provision of a new and'improved signal flag that is" visible from the front and rear of the the side thereof.

' which illustrate one e "vention, selected for only.

train as well as from Reference may now be-had to the drawings,

mbodiment of the inillustrative purposes On the drawings-,- the reference character 10 designates the top plan view of a locomotive shown more or less diagrammatically,

motive at 12 and-18. ported by brackets 14 the smokestack being shown at 11' andthe classification lamps on the front of the loco- These lamps are supand'15 of the conventional 'type,each of which comprises the'base 16 'whichis adapted to be attached to the lo-' 3 comotive, the'arm 17 a nd the base plate 18.

' The classification lamps are 'adapted 'to be supported on the plate 18and in the-conventionalconstruction' the lamp bases are pro vided with projection's or feet 19 having apfertures therethrough which are adapted to walign withcorresponding apertures 20 in said "plate; Bolts i 21 exten ding through 'the' feet andithe, apertures "20 in the plate areadapted tionlam s in' position I 55 a ing arm secured, to said bracket and to one side wall of sa1d casing, and extending bebracket in a plane at an angle to the longi tudinal axis of said locomotive to face for 'wardly and outwardly, a classification flag comprising a plate,' means for pivotally connecting the lower l outer corner of said plate a to said'casing whereby'said plate may "be v swung. from inoperative position within said casing through substantially 9Q to opera- 11 '1 I -'the slotted side edges of said casing being 'tiv'e position withoutsaid casing, and means for engaging the upper end of said plate for, holding the same" in inoperative position v withinwsaid casing. v "--3.*In' combination, a casing open along one end and one sidevth'ereof, a pivot for a V flag plate at the lowerend of the side slot,

provided with'recesses adjacent their upper I ends, and'a closurefor theend slot, said closure being adapted to extend across the top of, said casing and having a depending portion extending in "front- .ofthe side slot for retaining said fiagplate within said, casing when'the same is movedwto inoperative position. a 7 a 4. In a deviceofthe class described, a-casv ing, a plurality of signal devices, each dev1ce' comprisinga colored plate, means for 'pivotally connecting the lower outer corner of each plate tosaid casing whereby said plates maybe turned'outwardly from said casing to operative'position or turned to inoperatlve position within said casing, and

prising a plate having signal characteristics,

a hinged closure for the upper end of said holding said plates in inoperative position -within said casing.

said plates extending along one side edge and across the lower ends of said plates, sa1d bar extending outwardly beyond sa1d casing and turned upwardly and rovided with a recess in the upturned portion, the free side edges of said casing having portions cut away, a plurality of signal plate members pivoted at their lower outer corners to sa1d casing and adapted to be turned downwarding a pair of side plates, a bar between said J plates extending along one side edge and across 'one end of the same, said bar having an extension provided with an upturned bifurcated end'and a closurehinged to one end of said casing and having a depending flange for extending said plates. 7 a p In testimony whereof'I affix my signature.

7 JOHN R. BROOKS.

over the upper ends. of

' casing, said closure constituting means for a it I "5, In combination, a lamp supporting I bracket adapted to be-mou'nted on'a railway train, acasing, means for supporting said casing from said bracket, a signal flag commeans for movablyfconnecting said plate to I said casing whereby the same may be moved "without'said casing to a position in a plane I at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the train or to can inoperative position within v sa1d caslng."

6. In "combination, a flag supporting bracketfadapted to be mounted on a rail- I way train, a casing-open atone side, and at its upper end, means for supporting said casing from said bracket,flag plates pivoted to said casing and adapted'to be turned to a position within said casing 01' to operative pos tion without said casing, and a support-1 a V neath said 'casi-n'g for assisting in supportsaid train when said bracket is in posit'ion 1y and inwardlyi toward the center line of thereon, and said casing extending in a plane at substantially right angles to said arm. 7

- 7, A casing forrailwaysig'nal flagscom prising a pair of side plates, a bar between ing the"same,;saida'rm extending rearward- 9 

